A database of case studies providing details of studies where soil analysis has successfully been applied to archaeological questions.

A comprehensive glossary of soil and geoarchaeology terms designed specifically with archaeologists in mind.

The SASSA project (Soil Analysis Support System for Archaeology) is funded through the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) knowledge transfer programme. This two-year project, based at the University of Stirling, aims to familiarise archaeologists with the concepts and possibilities offered by geoarchaeology.

The system consists of two discrete but closely interlinked components (Figure 1); a knowledge base built around wiki software, and a field tool that uses an XML data structure and decision-tree technology. While the field tool is accessed through the knowledge base it is a stand-alone system and its use requires a separate registration process.